There are a large number of concrete pavements in Australia, with many dating back to the first half of the 20th century. These concrete pavements are still in use today, and since the time these pavements were constructed, we have seen an evolution in traffic volumes and the size of...
Recent Advances and Uses of Roller Compacted Concrete for Pavement Construction in the United States
Roller Compacted Concrete (RCC) is a no slump concrete that is placed by an asphalt paver and compacted with vibratory rollers similar to asphalt pavement construction. RCC has long history of good performance as a pavement for ports, container yards, and manufacturing plants. This paper will summarize a recent survey...
The important role materials play in concrete pavement design, performance, and service life
The materials that make up concrete have a direct influence on the decisions made during pavement design and construction, as well as the performance of the pavement in service. What happens when material performance varies from what was considered at design stage? What if we need to change construction methods...
How Runway Pavement Value Choices are Influenced by Construction Costs, Loading, Subgrade and Operational Considerations
In Australia, most runway pavements are constructed from asphalt, however the reverse is markedly true for the USA. Melbourne’s Essendon runway was originally concrete but was overlaid with thick asphalt many years ago. Asphalt runways at Melbourne’s Tullamarine and Amberley have some sections of concrete. This paper explores the determination...
Key Performance Requirements for Long Lasting Airport Concrete Pavements
This presentation by GOMACO takes wide ranging review of construction and whole-of-life review of the performance of airfield pavements, including: Actual Airport Facts and Trends Airport Design Advantages Various Adopted Paving Methodologies and Technical Features Key Performance Requirements for Long-Lasting Airport Concrete Pavements GOMACO’s Worldwide Airport References Conclusions
University of the Sunshine Coast – Airport Engineering Seminar
University of Sunshine Coast presents on their Airfield Engineering capabilities. First students in 1996 12,000 students at the end of 2015 Aiming for 20,000 by 2020 10% international students (64 countries) Five-star rating for undergraduate teaching Australia’s fastest growing University Main campus at Sippy Downs (Mooloolaba) Eight additional sites (Hervey...
Concrete Pavement Design for Airfields
Outline Roads vs. Airfields Aircraft Landing Gear Brief History of Thickness Design Development of Design FAA (USA) Design Methods Australian Practice
Airports Ports & Airports
This forum addressed design & construction related to Ports & Airports. The range of expert speakers included John Knapton from UK & Mark Smallridge from USA. Concrete Block paving, Roller Compacted Concrete paving & geotechnical aspects were also presented.
New Developments in Concrete Mix Design
This forum addressed both concrete road pavements & concrete industrial pavements. Presentations made addressed concrete mix designs, design & construction aspects, as well as current information about diamond grinding of concrete road pavements in Australia. New developments in concrete mix design: • Sands have become finer with a gap between...
Good Concrete Mix Design
This forum addressed both concrete road pavements & concrete industrial pavements. Presentations made addressed concrete mix designs, design & construction aspects, as well as current information about diamond grinding of concrete road pavements in Australia. Good Concrete Mix Design: •Understand requirements of the concrete. •Identify if an existing mix may...
Plastic Shrinkage Cracking Spreadsheet to calculate evaporation rates of bleed water from concrete surfaces
This document is a simple Excel spreadsheet which allows the user to input Air Temperature, Concrete Temperature, Relative Humidity & Wind Velocity to determine the Bleed Water Evaporation Rate. The formulae, developed by P Uno, are based on the well known ACI Bleed Water Evaporation Nomograph.
Concrete Pavement Design, Construction & Performance
The ACI has released a new publication "Concrete Pavement Design, Construction and Performance written by Norbert Delatte. It is available through the ACI at www.concrete.org - go to their bookstore. "A pavement project may be envisioned as a three link chain, consisting of materials, design, and construction. Because the weakest...